Is it OK to edit / render / burn video with an external US..

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....When my applications are all on my primary IDE drive?


Is this reasonable, or will it be noticably slower than a 2nd IDE/ata drive?



Thanks in advance..



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Bay Way 41510 wrote:

> ...When my applications are all on my primary IDE drive?
>
>
> Is this reasonable, or will it be noticably slower than a 2nd IDE/ata drive?


It will work, but it will be significantly slower than an internal IDE
drive.



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"Bay Way 41510" wrote ...
> ...When my applications are all on my primary IDE drive?
> Is this reasonable, or will it be noticably slower than a 2nd
> IDE/ata drive?

I wouldn't. I would assume that an external drive of any kind
can be relied on only for backup and not for real-time file
access. (Unless you can prove otherwise with the actual
equipment combination.)